The Villain's Wife (WN)
chapter-727

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"Hey! I am not that evil." Lily beamed. Though she thought it was weird for that teenager to act like that, she actually did not think too much about it. "It was weird for him to even bring some flowers thinking he could meet me. But… I believed that was him being thoughtful. You know… like a niece meeting an aunt."

"Hah!? He is like two-three years younger than you."

Lily immediately rolled her eyes at Bei Tian. "He is a teenager. He looked like one." The man was not even wearing a suit. Instead, he was wearing some baggy hoodie and shorts. Now, Lily is not a very superficial — scratch that.

Lily loves good-looking people. She loves to surround herself with beauties. She likes to see her husband dressed up, with his broad shoulders and proud smirk. She likes to watch people and their excellent looks, ah. She was only human, alright.

However, that man — child was different. He literally looked like a teenager! The way he smiled and handle himself in front of Lily, made her think that she was talking to a high schooler — a scheming high schooler. Lily beamed at the thought.

Looks like she won't be bored for the time being.

"So… it is him or his manager who wanted to use his fan base to pressure us." She propped her chin into her palm. "Strange. For someone like his manager to even think that they could try to use his popularity against us."

"Aiyo, you are being careless." Bei Tian uttered. "Tell me. Was it because he is cute? Is that why you smiled at him in the photo? Look at the image? Hah, I believe Jingren is fuming right now."

"My husband is not that immature, Mr. Bei." She retorted. "And look at him! He looks like a child! I was just being a polite aunt."

"Now, they are going to use this against you and your company. Aunt or not, you should not just smile to other men like that!"

Lily gave him a look. "I always smile at people. I'm not some ice goddess."

"Anyway, the news is already out. His fans are celebrating, and it is already trending in social media sites. In less than thirty minutes, they received close to twenty thousand tweets. That's — mostly fake accounts. But still." Qin Yuanfeng said. "Do you have plans?"

"No." Lily shrugged. "But since they wanted to use their popularity against us… then let's use it against them too."

Bei Tian grumbled something that the siblings did not hear, his face dark as he stared at Qin Yuanfeng's computer screen. "Look at this… a flower. Baby Xiao bought an imported flower just for President Zhou. It is said that the flower is one of the rarest in the world." He then turned towards Lily. "What kind of flower is this?"

"A fake one." She answered. "It's not really that rare. I mean… the fake one is not that rare you can order it somewhere. Not that impressive, to be honest. And why is this such a big deal?" Lily asked.

"It's not." Bei Tian said before he rose from his seat, the same gloomy look plastered all over his face. "Send it to me once you're done. I will see Jingren in his office." He then left the room without waiting for Lily to say something.

"What's wrong with him?" Lily asked.

"Hormones."

Lily immediately chuckled at Qin Yuanfeng's answer.

"So how are we going to use their popularity against them?" Qin Yuanfeng asked.

"Simple. Let them think that he got the deal. Then drop him."

"That is pretty harsh no?"

"I am harsh."

"But wouldn't that affect the mall? As you said… they could — his fans could boycott the mall and might even stage some rallies outside."

"That is only if we drop him without any reasons." She beamed. Did someone really just schemed against her? What a joke, she thought." Besides, there is no way that his fans will stick to him once we created something that could ruin his reputation."

"Why would you ruin his reputation?" the man or maybe his manager only wanted him to get the deal. Why would Lily want to ruin his reputation in return? Isn't that too much for a retaliation?

"Silly." She met his curious eyes. "First, if we accept him. It means that we cowered and was intimidated by the news, by his fandom. This will make us lose the control, the power over the contract. Second, losing power over the contract means…. He could abuse it anytime that he wants to. He could demand things that are not in the contract and use his fandom to get it. Third, they will think that we are pushovers."

Lily's face turned serious. She sneered. "If they think that we succeeded because of people like them. They are wrong. Our success was not because of endorsers. It was because of our hardworking team and employees." She leaned against her chair, disgust flashing in her eyes. "Scheming against a schemer is such a bold move for them. But they seemed to have forgotten something. I don't play with the rules. I make them."

Seeing the twins interact like this, Yang Mi could only sigh inwardly. Both are actually clueless that Bei Tian was jealous. They just continued their conversation as if nothing happened. Of course, she could not blame any of them.

But poor Bei Tian, she thought as she waited for Lily to give her instructions. Yang Mi immediately wondered if Lily knew that Bei Tian likes her. Surely, she must have felt it, right? After all, Lily was really sensitive when it comes to emotions. She could easily read the people around her.

Moreover, Bei Tian was pretty obvious to his emotions. He might not show it in front of everyone, but every now and then, Yang Mi could see him staring at Lily and Zhou Jingren with the same complicated look that he showed earlier.

Yang Mi sighed inwardly. Sometimes, she wonders if one day, she would be able to fathom Lily's thoughts someday. Yang Mi shook the thoughts out of her head.

This is not her business. Not at all.

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